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OS ANGELES -- A judge sentenced former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle today to two years in state prison for fatally shooting unarmed train rider Oscar Grant during a video-recorded arrest in Oakland on Jan. 1, 2009. A jury in Los Angeles County, where the trial was moved, found Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter in July, acquitting him of the more serious charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. Mehserle testified that he killed Grant accidentally, after mistaking his service pistol and his Taser. The verdict meant that jurors concluded that Mehserle, 28, did not intend to kill Grant, 22, when...

8:45 AM: As you already know, the city of Oakland's hunkering down, waiting to see how Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry sentences BART cop Johannes Mehserle in his manslaughter conviction for the killing of Oscar Grant Fruitvale station in Oakland on Jan. 1, 2009. The hearing just began, and we will be streaming KRON4's coverage live, above, and will be updating frequently. If you live or work in Oakland, please do let us know how the city's reacting. According to reports, most Oakland stores are open for business as usual, as are institutions like UC's Oakland offices,...

1 p.m. Mehserle gets probation, 146 days served.